Diving Into The Wreck

Adrienne Rich’s “Diving into the Wreck” urges individuals to pursue the truth instead of blindly accepting lies and myths when seeking knowledge by explicitly revealing the existence of the two separate paths, through the objects of the book and the camera. The text then endorses the path to truth, as a viable alternative to the common path of falsehood, when it use a physical object to mimic the process of collecting concrete facts instead of speculations and stories, represented by an abstract object. In doing so, the reader can come to realize the reality that the pursuit of truth is the most well-grounded and accurate form of acquiring knowledge. Considering every journey needs a purpose to strive for along the way, the poem reveals the diver’s objective as a way to make the two available options of acquiring information evident to the reader’s understanding. The poem achieves this …show more content…
The poem advocates this path of truth by employing negative connotation to the word “myth” and other unfavorable qualities to the “book of myths” to entice readers to avoid the path built on false ideas. The text then pushes this concept further when using the symbol of the camera to encourage readers to realize the importance of believing facts and taking an active role in combatting deceptions. Adrienne Rich’s “Diving into the Wreck” strives to prevent readers from continuing to believe lies and myths that other create by exposing the route to truthful knowledge obtainment as the only viable and correct direction. In a time of “alternative facts” and “fake news,” the argument the text presents is highly applicable to modern society as a lesson to inspire individuals to stand up for the integrity of knowledge rather than blindly accepting the barrage of false information consumed on a daily